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by shostack
3293 days ago
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Definitely didn't take it personally since my local friend gave me the heads up before we went in. Where does that notion of finding forced happiness distasteful stem from originally? For that matter, now I wonder where the opposite in America stems from. |
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I can speculate that it's just general cultural differences. America has an self-made, "everyone can be a millionaire" spirit, which encourages people to push harder to earn a dollar (up to the point of routinely faking emotions), while in Europe the culture seems to be more like "you're not going to be a millionaire, so just relax and try enjoying life".
I (as an European) think the European way is just realistic, while American way is a distortion created by a period in American history where people came to America with nothing and got lots of good land for cheap/free from the government (which created the illusion that hard work is a very solid way for hugely improving your material position).